The Effect of the “Jailbreak” Exemption

Here’s the Washington Post summarizing analysis on the Library of Congress’ Copyright Office’s recent ruling allowing individuals to “jailbreak” their cell phones. Here’s a link to Librarian of Congress James Billington’s announcement on the permissibility of jailbreaking.

Note that the announcement also discusses fair use of otherwise protected DVDs, for example, in educational settings (class one).

More commentary from CNN, and discussion of jailbreaking in Canada from the Toronto Star.